Sunday December 12, 2004

12th December 2004

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We had a really nice evening tonight. We put up the Christmas Tree and decorated it, then Dawn & Zyg arrived into town and we hung out for a while and went to grab some supper.

The tree decorating was fun. It is the tree that my parents got when I was a child, so it is fairly old, but in pretty good shape. Zane helped put the ‘branches’ into the pole and was pretty facinated with the top of the tree which looks like a small tree. While we were putting the lights on, he found the garland and was trying to start that. I was pretty amazed that he seemed to remember what to do from last year. We had some problems with the ornaments because some of the threads were snagged and stringing everywhere, which lead to some humourous moments and confused looks on Zane’s face. He also really liked the santa hat and at one point put the stockings on his hands like oven hot mitts and attempted to grab ornaments and decorate while wearing his “gloves”. It was so sweet!

After the tree was decorated, we got out the little people nativity scene and told the Christmas story as we showed him the characters. He sat on the ground, playing with the characters for quite a while.

This evening Dawn & Zyg arrived in town. It was so good to see them again. We realized that the last time we saw them was for their wedding two years ago. wow. We spent some time sharing pictures and then went to Outback Steakhouse because Dawn wanted beef and Zyg wanted cheesecake and beer. lol. Zane snuggled into Dawn and put together a puzzle while waiting for our food. Those two really hit it off! We are going to see if it works out to see eachother again tomorrow before the graduation since they are probably going to have to drive back right after the ceremony to get back in time since they both work early Monday morning.

Zane and the tree top